How I converted my room into a Virtual reality Game?
This idea occurred to me when I came across a video on Instagram where someone tried designing their future room from a 2d diagram. Then as usual was searching for similar content on youtube and figured out a tutorial which isn’t much of a help but was a starting point though.
Ok. So if you have come across oculus you might have seen 2 types of boundary
- Stationary Boundary
- RoomScale Boundary
- Here I wanted to use RoomScale so I can wander around in my room in both worlds. So first I have to measure my room in the real world and start designing it in Unity. I used the measure app from Apple ( I used it in several other projects and the accuracy is better than other apps).
- Draw a simple room sketch in a note, I preferred a plane long note so I can sketch freely. Do the Line drawing of your room along with the objects present.
- Then i took a picture probably scan it via the notes app and upload the image to unity so we can draw a 3d version from it.
- I used Unity ProBuilder to design a 3D scene from the sketch. (Detailed tutorial of Probuilder Coming soon)
- Now you have the basic structure of the room Try adding all the 3d models similar to the rooms. I used sites like UnityAsssets, sketchfab, free3d and CGTrader. Placed it in right place and try playing it in Unity.
- Now time for Oculus Integration, as explained earlier in my previous blog following all the steps. I have my kit ready. This time i used OculusIntegrationSampleCameraRig which has all functionalities included.
- I removed the Ray Interactor and added Hand interaction to make it cooler.
- Now try running it in Unity you might have the basic room design, which won't be much of a game. To make that happen I used lighting wherever I can and added particles.
- Now it started getting a vibe.
- Add music and small 3D Model interaction like moving books, Scribbling on a whiteboard and playing a video in Monitor.
- From here I planned to add some secret objects hidden somewhere to use in the room and make it more Intractable.
Here is a small glimpse of the making video. Hope you all like it.
Code available on Github.
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